List of Famous people who died in 2004
Klara Rumyanova
Klara Mikhailovna Rumyanova was a Soviet and Russian actress and singer. She was active from 1951 to 1999.
Tony Randall
Anthony Leonard Randall was an American actor, comedian and singer. He is best known for his role as Felix Unger in a television adaptation of the 1965 play The Odd Couple by Neil Simon. In a career spanning about six decades, Randall received six Golden Globe Award nominations and six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Louie B. Nunn
Louie Broady Nunn was an American politician who served as the 52nd governor of Kentucky. Elected in 1967, he was the only Republican to hold the office between the end of Simeon Willis' term in 1947 and the election of Ernie Fletcher in 2003.
Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani
General (Ret.) Leonardus Benjamin Moerdani was the ABRI Commander from 1983 to 1988 and also served as Indonesia's Minister of Defense and Security. He is famous due to his strong stance in many decisive situations in Indonesian political and social life. He was also significant as a leader who was Catholic in a predominantly Muslim community.
José Luis Cuciuffo
José Luis Cuciuffo was an Argentine footballer, defender in the 1986 FIFA World Cup-winning Argentine national team.
Ticky Holgado
Ticky Holgado, pseudonym of Joseph Holgado, was a French actor and a frequent collaborator with Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Vernon Jarrett
Vernon Daurice Jarrett was an African-American journalist who worked in newspaper, television and radio and was an influential commentator on race relations, politics, and African-American history.
Ruslan Khuchbarov
Ruslan Tagirovich Khuchbarov, was an Ingush terrorist presumed to be a militant nicknamed "Polkovnik" notorious for his leading role in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis.
Leonid Telyatnikov
Leonid Petrovich Telyatnikov was the head of the fire department at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and led the team of firefighters to the fire at reactor number 4 which became the Chernobyl disaster. Despite the radiological dangers, they had no radiation suits, no respirators, and no working dosimeters. From results of a blood test it was estimated he received 4 grays of radiation.
Ksenophon Zolotas
Xenophon Euthymiou Zolotas was a Greek economist and served as an interim non-party Prime Minister of Greece.